Single-location bargaining unit for security guards deemed appropriate despite employer's centralized operations; certification granted.
The applicant union applied for certification to represent security guards employed by the respondent at a single hospital in Metropolitan Toronto.
The respondent employer argued that the appropriate bargaining unit should encompass all its security guards across its nine hospital locations in the municipality, citing centralized management, similar duties, and potential contractual conflicts.
The Board applied its principles on geographic scope and community of interest, finding insufficient evidence of regular employee interchange between locations to render the single-location unit inappropriate.
The Board granted certification for the single-location bargaining unit.
United Plant Guard Workers of America Local 1962 v. Carecor Security Service Inc., 1991 CanLII 6162
